The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-04-23

about one foot III front of him. The man who
hred the shot ran north on Water street Be
Tore shooting he came from tho direction of
the Columbia House The murderer followed
MN up The man who shot ran north | saw
him TO about the north end of the blacksmith
shop The man who fired ran near the side
walk
CHARLES SCHMIDT
iestltes. | live on West Third street at M
I ~, III Sioux City. | have lived mere nearly
three years | am an IRON cornice maker
me shop where work IL on the corner of
Fourth and Water streets, the northwest cor
ner l boarded at the Columbia House on
August ., 1856, l remember when Haddock
was killed was sitting in the bar room of
the Columbia House ON that n! dit The bar
room faces Water aud Fourth streets | heard
the shot fired. | playing cards in the
bar room l was about six inches from the
WINDOW Charley Eiberhart and Two other
men were playing cards with rs at the table
! When the shot WAS fired jumped up and
looked out of the window looking northeast
( dld see the man shot | saw two men close
together N the street One was running
away, and another man near him was running
l could see them until they got near the black
smith shop. Tie man running away from the
man who was shot had on a rubber coat and
light hat | couldn't the color of
/ ms pants. | know John Arensdorf / didn't
know him tiian very well. The man
running away Was not John Arensdorf. re-
manned there a moment and then went out
and over to the man who was shot | went in
about three or four minutes There were
three men there at that time when | went
there. | remained by the body TIL the crowd
came up and until the body was taken away
, he body was lying near the southeast corner
where 1t had been carried While | was stand
ing there by the corner saw John Arensdorf
coming up Fourth street 1t was about ten
minutes or about that time, after the shoot
ing There was crowd there then. Arens-
dorf stood there moment ! went with him
across the crossing and then went into the Co
lumbia House, and don't know where he
went afterwards. DISCRIMINATION: Il
didn't speak TO ANYBODY about the matter |
spoke to Kellogg, about three weeks ago, at
his office Eberhardt told me to 20 up TO KEEL
logg's office. That was the first time / ever
/ told anybody i remained in the city all the
time, | did not know that there was a coron-
ers jury in session never heard of ii till il
had adjourned / knew States Attorney
Marsh, but didn't tell him what | knew !
knew whore Sheriff McDonald's office was |
did not tell him l don't know how Kellogg
found out that knew anything. ! signed a
written statement TO Kellogg.
JOHN DEDBICH,
testified live in Sioux City. have lived
here three or four years and am laborer
On the night when Haddock wa. killed | was
in Lerch's saloon on Pearl street | know
Bismarck well He was in Lerch's saloon be
tween and 10 o'clock. Bismarck was not
very sober re staggered little. I heard
the shot fired. Bismarck was with me near
the corner of Pearl and Fifth streets when The
shot was fired and he was drunk.
Cross examination by the Sta'e: ] boarded
al the Milwaukee House. l have been here
four five years in Sioux City. don't know
the first saloon ] was in that evening. don't
know when first met Bismarck Il was in
Lerchs saloon. | took one drink with Bis
marck. | don't know how long | was
in the saloon ! don't know how long
after BismRrc4 and | went out that the shot
was iired-whather II was ten, twenty or thirty
minutes, or ore hour or two hours. don't
know who wa. there that night ] saw men
coming in ana out | don't know who they
Were. The bartender was there. | don't
know whether drank one or two glasses that
night | don. know whether | went int the
saloon with Bismarck or not | don't know
whether he was there or not before me |
don't know whether / sitting down or
standing up when ] first saw Bismarck. |
never spoke 10 Paul Leader nor John Arens-
dorf about it ] never mentioned it to a hu-
man being; mover told any one where | was;
never told auybodt that l saw Bismarck l
am certain about that | never told my room
mate heard when Bismarck was arrested
in California, but ! never mentioned what
knew to a single human being till came here
his morning, and his Is the first time have
told.
:. e. PETERSON
testified: I live in Sioux City, and have for
nNt years. 1 nave worked at Tie pOlk mouse.
| had been to Nebraska City and came here in
August last to visit my brother | remember
the killing of Haddock That night after sup
per | came up town. | came up Fourth street
across the bridge TO 4 "a Don and took drink.
] went ba ok then, crossing on the north sid e
OF the bridge, / stood at the corner of Fourth
and Water streets by the tin shop Then |
met an old friend and went together north on
Water street. II was about $50 o'clock. |
left him here and went back south
on Water street il was l0:l0 O'Clock
when ! started. ! stopped iii the Lone
Star restaurant on the north side of Fourth
street, near Water street While there | saw
a buggy drive 10 the stable on Water street.
Then IN about two minutes man came ont of
the stable and turned ON Fourth street at
the Columbia House and, inst a. he got about
two-thirdE across Wa'er street man came no
behind him from the Columbia House and
shot him. The man staggered and fell down
and staggered forward and fell down again.
The man who fired the shot had on rubber
coat and light brown straw hat and light pants
He ran north on Water street | know John
Arensdorf. The man who fired the shot was
not John Arensdorf. did not see him that
night ! STAYED in Sioux City twelve days af-
ter the murder and then went 10 Nebraska
City From there ] went TO Norfolk At Nor
folk Marshal STANLEY came aud asked me If |
knew who had killed Haddock ] told him
what saw aud that ] thought it was Leavitt
He said II WAS a lie. ] told him was there
l.
Gu cross examination by the State, Peterson
said: Il went up Fourth street that evening
across the Perry creek bridge and got drink
] don't know how far across the bridge il wac
where | got the drink The drink was beer
| don't know how far the place was beyond
Ressegeu's wholesale liquor store Not very
far. have been there before, during last
summer. went over there only once that
night Where got tho glass of beer ] doa't
know whether 1t was n frame or brick build
ing II was boarding house and saloon.
STAYED there about twenty miuu es
The next witnesses placed on the stand by
the defense were james Junk Joseph Borsch
J. H. Bolton. G. G. Searles, ID. Mcdonald Henry
Van lngham and Ryan Eberhardt, but rs no
evidence of any Importance was elected, we will
4 not reproduce it. The next two witnesses that
appeared on the stand were G. Hart and Paul
Leader, who claim to have been together eli the
evening of the Sd of last August. and as their
! testimony Is almost the same in SUI distance We
z viii simply give that of the latter.
PAUL LEADER,
testified live in Sioux CITY and nav. since
lesi. In august last J was the proprietor Of the
, Milwaukee House. In the afternoon of the I'd
I Of August was in the court house In the
evening was at the Milwaukee, House till about
30 Then went 70 the New England bakery
+ ! was there FIVE six minutes prob
ably, and then started home and by
the Englah Kitchen saloon on Ne
braska and Fourth streets, met
Mr.. Hart Then Hart md / went into the Eng
lish Kitchen and took glass OF beer, I have